COMMONWEALTH v. BELL


245 Pa.Super. 164 (1976)

369 A.2d 345

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. David BELL, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Harris, First Assistant District Attorney, Warrington, for appellant.

Richard S. Wasserbly, Assistant Public Defender, Doylestown, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


PRICE, Judge:

This appeal presents yet another new and very narrow question for decision under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. Where the action is instituted against a juvenile by a delinquency petition and subsequently certified to the Criminal Division of a Court of Common Pleas for full criminal trial, when does the allowable period of 180 days under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 start for purposes of insuring prompt trial? The lower court answered this question by starting the time on...

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